The State vs. the Dead Body of William Dillard

Date: 
November 28, 1833

Deceased

William Dillard
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
rock
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their othas do Say. That Said William Dillard came to his death by a rock or brick thrown at him by James Dillard in Self defence.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Charles Allen
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pleasant Hill Church
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
James Dillard
Inquest Images: 
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